Senate Bill 839
Supplemental sparsity aid for school districts with high property valuation and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 21, 2018
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a categorical aid for a school district that qualifies for sparsity aid under current law but that does not receive sparsity aid payments from the Department of Public Instruction because of high property valuation in the school district. A school district qualifies for sparsity aid under current law if the number of pupils, or membership, in the district is no more than 725 and if the membership divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than ten. A school district that qualifies for the categorical aid under the bill receives the lesser of the following:
1) an amount determined by multiplying the equalized valuation of the school district by the difference between the mill rate of the school district and the statewide average mill rate; or 2) the amount by which the tertiary guaranteed valuation per member of the school district exceeds the school district equalized valuation multiplied by the tertiary required levy rate.
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Current law defines the equalized valuation of a school district as the full value of the taxable property in each part of each city, village, and town in each school district; this value is determined, annually, by the Department of Revenue, which certifies the amount to DPI. Current law defines “tertiary guaranteed valuation per member" as the amount, rounded to the next lower dollar, determined by dividing the equalized valuation of the state by the state total membership. Current law defines “tertiary required levy rate" as the tertiary shared cost divided by the tertiary guaranteed valuation. Current law defines “tertiary shared cost" as that portion of a school district's shared cost which is greater than the secondary ceiling cost per member multiplied by its membership. Finally, current law defines the “secondary ceiling cost per member" as an amount determined by dividing the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership in the previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.
Who's behind it
Kathleen Vinehout, a Democrat, is its .
5 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 9, 2018
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 21, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 21, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Berceau, Pope, Sargent and Anderson
- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 9, 2018 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate